Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Doug DC862F

Difficulty date
July 21, 2005
Submitted
August 15, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N71CX
Make and model
Doug DC862F
Aircraft serial
45961
Aircraft time
67,024 hours, 17,385 cycles
Part
Support Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Te Flap
Part time
67,024 hours, 17,385 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROUTINE "C" CHECK, CRACKS 2.023" AND 0.521" LONG WERE FOUND ON THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD FLAP AT FITTING STA XF 409.6675 OUTBOARD. FITTING WAS REPAIRED IAW EWO ATI 57-025 AND EO ATI-071105. FAA FORM 8110-3 WAS ISSUED APPROVING THIS REPAIR.

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